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| Woman's ear sliced for £10 debt | Woman's ear sliced for £10 debt |
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| A drug dealer has been found guilty of cutting part of a woman's ear off because she owed him £10. | A drug dealer has been found guilty of cutting part of a woman's ear off because she owed him £10. |
| Andrew Singh made Patricia Amos, who sold drugs for him, kneel in woods near Banbury, Oxfordshire, put a gun in her mouth and cut off the top of her ear. | Andrew Singh made Patricia Amos, who sold drugs for him, kneel in woods near Banbury, Oxfordshire, put a gun in her mouth and cut off the top of her ear. |
| At Birmingham Crown Court, Singh, from Wednesbury, West Midlands, was convicted of wounding with intent and having cocaine with intent to supply. | |
| He was also found guilty of shooting a man twice in the leg over a drug debt. | |
| And Singh was also convicted of possessing a stun gun without a firearms certificate. | |
| Told to kneel | Told to kneel |
| He is due to be sentenced in six weeks. | He is due to be sentenced in six weeks. |
| Patricia Amos, who in 2002 became the first parent in the country to be jailed for letting her daughter play truant, owed Singh money, the court heard. | Patricia Amos, who in 2002 became the first parent in the country to be jailed for letting her daughter play truant, owed Singh money, the court heard. |
| She had been ordered to pay him money for drugs she had sold, but only had £390 of the £400 she owed. | She had been ordered to pay him money for drugs she had sold, but only had £390 of the £400 she owed. |
| Ms Amos had been told to meet Singh in Teddy Bear Woods on 20 March last year, the court heard. | Ms Amos had been told to meet Singh in Teddy Bear Woods on 20 March last year, the court heard. |
| She was told to kneel and close her eyes. Singh then put a gun into her mouth. | She was told to kneel and close her eyes. Singh then put a gun into her mouth. |
| Ms Amos then felt a pulling on her ear and excruciating pain as the top of her left ear was cut off, the jury was told. | Ms Amos then felt a pulling on her ear and excruciating pain as the top of her left ear was cut off, the jury was told. |
| She managed to stagger out of the woods and asked some nearby youths for help. | She managed to stagger out of the woods and asked some nearby youths for help. |
| In August last year Singh shot Mark Usmar in an alleyway in Handsworth Wood because Mr Usmar owed him £320, the court was told. |